FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 2, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed LAC by 13 after the first quarter and won 107–98.

Final
IND92
NYK98
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +6
Final
ATL107
LAC98
Q1 ATL -13; Q2 ATL -11; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +9
Final
BOS93
TOR79
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +14
Final
DAL104
CLE95
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +9
Final
HOU85
POR100
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHX89
SAC94
Q1 SAC -10; Q2 SAC -9; Q3 SAC -8; Q4 SAC +5
Final
MEM104
LAL85
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2009–10Jan 2, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR vs GSW), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ LAC

Atlanta climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 13 after one. Atlanta won it 107–98. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-11-4+9ATL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL18242837107
LAC3122212498
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 14, 17, 23, 23, 15, 16, 16, 29ATL29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 23, 25, 2, 10, 14, 5, 26, 24ATL24 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 24, 29, 22, 24, 28, 24, 30, 31LAC31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 7, 16, 8, 5, 15, 11, 9, 15LAC15 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Memphis by 19.

SAC over PHX5NYK over IND6ATL over LAC9DAL over CLE9BOS over TOR14POR over HOU15MEM over LAL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 21, 13, 23, 24, 21, 18, 19, 35CLE vs DAL · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 24, 29, 22, 24, 28, 24, 30, 31LAC vs ATL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 32, 15, 18, 11, 18, 21, 33, 12, 30BOS @ TOR · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 14, 17, 23, 23, 15, 16, 16, 29ATL @ LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 19, 19, 7, 2, 4, 21, 16, 28SAC vs PHX · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 9, 20, 21, 17, 21, 20, 33, 28LAL vs MEM · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 20.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.7 29.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.5 18.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−4.6 13.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.2 17.7 last 10 · 21.9 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.7 10.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Taj GibsonCHI−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−3.3 12.2 last 10 · 15.5 season